FarmerJamie
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With our recent adventures in canning, it became obvious the wife and I have vastly different styles for mentally handling dull, repetitive, and truthfully, boring tasks. It got me wondering.
In my past, all the way back as a youngin, using a portable radio, Walkman, or radio headphones (dating myself here) never really caught on for me. Lots of mowing, gardening, and farm tractor time found me, more often than not, sans electronic noise. Carried through my adulthood. Even driving long distances now, I never have the radio on when alone.
The wife, no matter what she's doing, has some sort of sounds going, even if it's a 10 minute drive to the store. I am not complaining or being disparaging, just noting the difference.
Let's face it, a lot of what we do on our places IS repetitive, monotonous, and most likely boring. I find myself being able to completely zone out mid task and keep on plugging. Part of it as an adult is good because my brain is going nonstop at work and it allows my thoughts to meander directionless for a while.
What say you on how you mentally approach your tasks?
In my past, all the way back as a youngin, using a portable radio, Walkman, or radio headphones (dating myself here) never really caught on for me. Lots of mowing, gardening, and farm tractor time found me, more often than not, sans electronic noise. Carried through my adulthood. Even driving long distances now, I never have the radio on when alone.
The wife, no matter what she's doing, has some sort of sounds going, even if it's a 10 minute drive to the store. I am not complaining or being disparaging, just noting the difference.
Let's face it, a lot of what we do on our places IS repetitive, monotonous, and most likely boring. I find myself being able to completely zone out mid task and keep on plugging. Part of it as an adult is good because my brain is going nonstop at work and it allows my thoughts to meander directionless for a while.
What say you on how you mentally approach your tasks?
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